Stuffing.

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Today I made and delivered a roast dinner to DBro who is isolating (left in the porch for the covid police)

Later I received a lovely message thanking me for said meal with a - "but wtf happened to your stuffing?"

Nothing happened to my stuffing, it transpires that my stuffing not being ball shaped was a source of great displeasure!!

YABU - stuffing should always be ball shaped.

YANBU - Who can be bothered with that faff, cook it in a dish and spoon it out.

All over the Christmas period, breakfast consisted of pigs in blankets and trays of ready made stuffing bought from M&S. We just cut into squares and ate.

We had bought one pack of stuffing balls and all agreed they were our least favourite.

Next time send that roast dinner my way! Sounds lovely

Stuffing should ideally be cooked inside a bird and glopped out with a spoon, in my book. Any old shape at all. Your bro is a nidjit. Does he only eat packet food?

Leave him a jam sandwich and a glass of water next week OP.

I thought stuffing balls were really just for canteens to make the portioning easy.

I dislike them, gives them too much "crust".

I only cook stuffing at Christmas, but do balls so it cooks quicker and both DP and I like it crusty, but there's also nothing wrong with putting it in a dish.

Your brother was rude to comment like that as even if it wasn't presented exactly to his preference, it's a minor technicality, and the fact remains that you did a generous thing that made his life a little bit nicer.

You could always give him the raw ingredients so he can make his own of course (obviously allowing for any health conditions that may preclude this).

Balls are nice because they're a bit crunchy. But any style suits me.

YANBU Imho stuffing cooks much better in a dish outside of the bird and your dbro was bloomin' ungrateful to complain!

I’m going to assume that question from him was lighthearted:) it would have been in my family!

Stuffing should not be in balls. It goes crunchy and manky that way.

Stuffing should be cooked in the bird....

How nice of you to take him a roast- full sister points for that!!

Hmmm, a stuffing critic eh? Stuffing should be cooked in a bowl in my opinion.

I like it very slightly puddingy and moist, so you can almost slice it, and that doesn't happen with balls.

It's called STUFFING. It goes in a bird or not at all.

Balls? Bloody heathens.

As PP's have said, the only traditinal/proper way to have stuffing is when it's actually stuffed into the bird.

If you are cooking it separately then there are no rules, as far as I know! Do balls, do a big pan of it as one piece, sausage shape cut into slices... whatever

Ooh, I like the sliced sausage stuffing idea.

Don't they always say to cook the stuffing separately, because if you cook it in the bird, it will either be raw, or if cooked, the bird itself will be overdone.

I have managed to cook everything to a good standard when the stuffing goes under the skin, but not when it goes in the cavity.

Personally I always do it separately because it like my stuffing to go crispy, and it just seems easier to cook the bird exactly how you like it when you don't have to factor in the stuffing

If I'm being fancy or feeding a lot of people I make balls or if it's a meaty stuffing cook it in a loaf tin and slice it.
Just for a normal roast I just put in a dish.

Next time give him Paxo - that’ll learn him.

Quite right MrsTerry Pratchett. Heathens indeed. This is the hill I choose to die on. Give me moist stuffing or give me death! ( Not really actually.Stuffing balls are fine! ).

DBro was indeed very grateful he genuinely thought I'd done something wrong!! Everything he eats comes from the freezer, even roast potatoes (shudder).

I cook a lot but have never faffed with making stuffing into ball shapes!!!

I never do stuffing balls! I cook it in a separate dish usually.

I prefer balls. Fnar.
It says to do balls on the Paxo packet (classy). I find it goes too squidgy if done in a tin.
Sausage meat stuffing would go inside the chicken or turkey so that would be different.

He doesn’t sound grateful. Sounds like a dig. I wouldn’t be dropping off any more roast dinners.

Sausage meat stuffing goes in the bird at the other end from the hole. Underneath the flap of skin.

I think I'd tell him stuff the meal deliveries, fend for himself.
Rude git.

Balls to balls, it goes too hard but soggy in the middle. I prefer to do it an oblong shallow dish so it cooks consistently with a slight crust to the top